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SUN, 8 NOV · 81 ITEMS
"US approved Nvidia chip sales to empty office in China" — The Verge · Geopolitics & Markets
Single sourceThe U.S. Commerce Department approved the sale of Nvidia's high-end AI chips to a Chinese company called New Matrix, which listed an empty office as its address and had ties to entities on the U.S. blacklist. The approval appears to have bypassed existing export controls, highlighting a loophole in the enforcement of chip sanctions against China.
The claim originates from a New York Times investigation, reported by The Verge and others; the reporting is secondary but consistent across multiple outlets. The specific details—empty office, company name New Matrix, ties to blacklisted firms—come from the NYT's sourcing of government records, making the core claim credible, though the extent of the lapse may depend on the full NYT report.
Genuinely new: published on November 7, 2026, based on the same-day grounding window.
We covered a related story on November 1, 2026, about Nvidia's ties to Chinese company Megaspeed revealing gaps in US export controls on China chip access.